Nipah virus in the fruit bat Pteropus vampyrus in Sumatera, Indonesia.

Nipah virus causes periodic livestock and human disease with high case fatality rate, and consequent major economic, social and psychological impacts. Fruit bats of the genus Pteropus are the natural reservoir. In this study, we used real time PCR to screen the saliva and urine of P. vampyrus from N...

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Main Authors: Indrawati Sendow, Atik Ratnawati, Trevor Taylor, R M Abdul Adjid, Muharam Saepulloh, Jennifer Barr, Frank Wong, Peter Daniels, Hume Field
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3718695?pdf=render